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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-30

SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
ers between New York and Atlanta, via Danville
On trains Nos. 90 and 53 Pullman Buffet Sleep.
ers between Washington and Montgomery, and
Washington and Aiken. via Danvlle.
On trains Nos. 81 and 80 Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Washington and Louisville, and Char
lottcsvie and Cincinnati.
On trains Nos. ID and So Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Little Rock,
via Lynchburg and Memphis.
On trains Nos. 55 and IS Pullman Buffet
SleepeTs between Washington and New Orleans,
via Lynchcurg a2d Kennesaw route.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria 600 g. u, $40 a. IN. and
4:50 p. n; arrive at Round Hill 11:20 a. m.,
11:45 a. n. and 1:19 p. M.
Returning, trains leave Round ELL Cos q. M.
11:44 q. TO. and 1:23 D. M, arriving at Alexan-
Gria at 1872 q. H., $40 p. n. and 3:47 p. II.
The $50 a. II. train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge Berry
vile and Winchester and at Leesburg with stages
FOR Aide and Middleburg.
The 900 2. IN. train and 400 r. IN. train from
AlexsndriG connects at Vienna with stages for
Fairfax Court House.
Through tickets on sale at the principal stations
to all points. For rates or information apply to
any agent Of the Company, or to
J. s. 3. THOMPSON, A. &. ?. 4.
Alexandria, Va.
JAS L. TAYLOR, G. P. A.
Washington, D. c.
SOL. HAAS, T. NJ, Richmond, Va
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ron FORTRESS MONROE AND NoRFoLK
OBJECT 40 sT0PS.

FOE FORTRESS MONROE AND NORFOLK
OBJECT NO Stops
The steamer LADY OK THE LAKE viii leave
her wharf EVERY TUESDAY. TH tuesday, and
SATURDAY at 30 o'clock p NJ Hstnr4ng +
leave Norfolk EVERY MONDAY, "WEDNESDAY
and FRIDAY. Fare, first class 50; round trip, So
e0R NEW YORK.
:;2EaslzRS e. .. KNIGHT hHN <ex=so
lGtN GIBSON <scs4ss,lss5 ,,
every NE.tN E:,i}.tY MORNING. and returning
ie.ve Eea York rom por Il, East river oyery
sAJ DI:DAy
The steamers OF this company make connections
vi Ncrt5il- for Boston and sill points East; at New
vcr'. y-stii eli points West and Northwest. and az
slexca ~; Nth Virginia Midland Railway and
Was.,-zs5a-: and Ohio Railroad. Through rates
given asli: freight handled carefully aud promptly
Tor :rrthor information apply to
=. A. REED g CO., Agent,
Jsnnoy's WHAT
!. ~. THOMPSON, President.
1915 + street,
sep27-tf Washington, p c.
C{LYDE's STEAL! LINE WEEKLY 70
PHILADELPHIA. 49,
Appointed ealing days from Aloxa 4 EV-
ERY TUESDAY snd from Philadelph. EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects a. Alexardris win the yir-
ginia Midland snd Washington and Ohio railroads,
and 81 Philadelphia with Clydes regular Steam
ships
Freight forwarded with prompsneaa snd care.
free of commissions.
No charge foT transfer in Philadciphis. Quick
sirle. Frequent departures. Through rates SnG
! through bills Of lading given. Insurance 81 the
lowest r&tcg.
Agents
L. !. REED & CO., Alexandria.
WA. p. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphie
JOHNSON & Co, Wash. 4 GeoYgt'r.
.5nS-tf
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RAILROADS.
Alb LINE ROUTE.
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE B. r. co.

CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN EFFECT
MARCH 13. 1887.
Trains run by 10Th Meridian Time.
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nONESTIC SEWING MACHINES.
The good qualities of the above machines are
now we'll established
We arc selling Them at as low a price as they
can be purchased in any of the larger cities, and
are prepared to allow as much for old machines of
shy kind as is possible.
i've Fave seen 50 much good done b. the do
nestle that we wish every family 10 have at
least one in their house. Prices fixed, but terms
accommodating
Call and examine, or send for circular.
oct22 L. S. LEADBEATER & BRO
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North BoUgD- No 81 No. IS. No 80. No. %.
Daily. Daily Daily. Daily.
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4 NEW LINE OF BREAKFAST WARE to be
4 opened to-day Of an entirely new and lovely
pattern which viii be sure to be popular and
which you can match at any time and purchase
in as small lquantity as you desire. We would
be glad TO have you examine these goods before
purchasing rs VIC are making every effort 10
please and take great care in Offering tbs newest
goods ON the market.
mis- e. J. MILLER son q co.
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NEW SEASON GROCERIES, Dessert Table
~ London Layer and Valencia Raiains, New
Gurratts aud Citron. Fancy Layer Figs, Selected
French Prunes
aey. % GEO. McBURNEY & SON.
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browns IRON BITTEKs, Ayers Cherry Pee.
- toral, Sarsaparilla Hair vigor Ague Cure
and Pills, and Warmers Kidney and Liver Cure
Ire for sale by
oct21 Z. S. LEADBEATER & RRo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
Manchester Items.

Monday is the time for regular
meeting of the Chesterfield Board o.
Supervisors to be held.
The infant class OF the Central Ne
thodist Sunday school are preparing fol
a celebration, the principal feature o!
which will be addresses by the little
children, to be had at an early day.
w. H. Anderson (colored), who Wa
on Thursday fined $3.50 by Justice
PerGue and required to give bond for
his good behavior for twelve months fol
assaulting NJ. H. Hughes, another co
lored man, has taken an appeal to the
Hustings Court.
The spring canvass in Chesterfield
will be quite u warm one For nearly
every office, except that of Clerk NJ. A.
Coghill, there are already several as
pirants, and in each case the fight viii
be strongly contested.
Mr. Robert Winfree, Jr., Of Chester
field, was in the city yesterday. He
SAYS that his father, Rev. DIR. ID. b.
Winfree, has been in feeble health since
Christmas. Dr. Winfree assisted Rev
L. r. Thornhill, of the Baptist church,
of which he was once the beloved pas
tor, in a series of meetings just betor,
the holidays. This noble man of Goo
has hosts Of friends who hope that hi
may be restored to health and that h,
may yet spend many years in his usefu
field of labor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
The Police Board.

Now that the Legislature is to meet
in extra session, it would probably b.
well to have the city charter with re-
ference to the Police Board amended.
1t seems that the present provision III
relation thereto is void, because 1t re-
quires the Commissioners to be free
hOidcrS.
If the old Police Commissioners ar
restored to power the Board will b.
composed of the Mayor, Police JUS
tice, and president of the Board of Al
dormen.
The Mayor is elected 10y the people.
The Police Justice is elected by the two
branches of the City Council. The
president of the Board of Aldermen Is
elected by the members of that body.
If these officers are to be Police Com
missioners, when the Council comes to
elect them the fact that they are to b.
commissioners will be considered-in
fact, will be an issue. The Council, as
it changes politics, will change the com
misgiOners.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
gbe Electric Light.

Mayor Darlington has approved the
resolution adopted by the City Council
providing for burning the electric lights
Ill night, and every night throughout
he year regardless of the moon and the
schedule of the American Meter Com
)any. This is as it should be, and will
Gye much more satisfaction to the
people.
MIR. Conner, the chairman OF the
Committee on Electric Light, has re
quested the City Attorney to draw up
the necessary contract for the new plan
Of lighting, which will be approved by
he committee at its meeting Monday
night.
Now let us have the gas lamps burned
every night, and all night throughout
the wear.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
Personals and Briefs.

Hon. Taylor Berry, of Amherst
county, is in the city.
Judge Robert W. Hughes left for
Alexandria yesterday morning.
Mrs. William Loyenstein left the city
yesterday for Savannah, Ga, to visit
her daughter.
Major William Taylor and wife, of
Clarke county, are here on visit to
their son, Dr. Hugh NJ. Taylor.
Rev. II. NJ. Jackson, of Grace-Street
church, will preach at the Retreat for
the Sick at 80 p. NJ. tomorrow.
Mr.. J. NJ. Atkinson, proprietor of the
Buford House, Charlotte, n. c., for
merly Of the st. James, is in the city.
A number of the Richmond capital
lists who have interests in Birmingham,
Ala. are on visit to that hourishing
city.
Major 7. J. Kirkpatrick, of Lynch
burg, and Hon. Samuel Griffin, OF Bed
ford, were in attendance upon the Su
preme Court Of Appeals yesterday.
No news has yet been heard of r. W.
Rudolphe, the missing florist. 1t has
now been FIVE weeks since he left here
to be gone, he said, only forty-eight
hours.
At the Male Orphan Asylum to-mor-
row afternoon at o'clock Rev. Mr.
Schaffer will conduct the service OF
song. All friends of the institution are
invited to be present.
Mr.. Henry V. Spencer, formerly
book-keeper for Purcell, Ladd, & Co.,
will leave in few days for Duluth,
Mimi, to accept a position with a real
estate firm in that city.
General Imbodens Statistical Report
ON Virginia somewhat curtailed by the
authorities at Washngton) will b.
issued in a few days. It contains a
valuable chapter on Richmond, nearly
all of which was published in the Dis
Dutch before the MS. was sent to Wash
ington.
Miss Mary Snowden Thomas, of Bal
timore. a minister in the Society OF
| Friends, will hold series OF meetings
in Friends Westinghouse, commenc
Mt 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Miss
| Thomas is very earnest and impressive
| in her delivery, and seldom fails tc
make deep impression on her hearers
The plain and simple manner in which
She presents the truths OF the Gospe
Is yery attractive.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
HE WAS IN LUCK.
Lost Only One Diamond Out OF .
Lot.


"Say, Mister, there's a man owns
the sidewalk round the corner, aud
the gangs after him, said an urchn
TO Officer George II. Twine, of the FIT
teenth precinct, at Carmine and
Bleecker streets, last night. Twine
found in Carmine street very
well-dressed gentleman, "foreign-look-
ing" as he put it, made affable
and helpless by wine. Two hansdog-
looking fellows who were following
him up sluuk away when the police
man cmnu, and he immediately decided
tint the Inan mad tO go to the station
bUuse as ne biccOughed the admission
that he had no one with him and could
not wax without staggering Iwine
had TO bear much guying on his way
10 tne Mercer Street station, as his
prisoner every few steps lurched and
clung to him for support. When he
braced himself up 10y the railing before
Sergeant Hugh Clark he was recog-
nized AZ "Nick Forster, the wealthy
Russian, who WAS with Barnum, Bailey
Il Hutchinson, and afterward "owned
$40 10, " the dogfaced boy. Mr.. Fors-
ter said that he recently came from
Cincinnati, where his wife is managing
$50 Jo," to transact important busi-
ness prior to going to Europe with the
human curiosity.
He came to grief early in the evening
10y dining with bioulous friends, and he
wanted badly TO go home. When the
order TO search him was given Forster
paved over his coat and cravat III a
clumsy way, and bursting into tears eI-
claimed that his diamond-pin had
been stolen. While he wept bitterly
bis pockets were ruthlessly looted,
with the following result First,
magnificent enamelled huntlng-case
watch, worth with the chain ut
least $50; next, wallet, iu which
were $3.50 IN cash AMI some Rus
sian bonds and drafts, and then, loose
in his pocket, a thousand-doilar blue
white, old-mine solitaire diamond IN
spiral screw setting. Forster smiled
through lis tears when he saw his stud,
but broke out anew into lamentlOns when
he discovered that his finger ring, with
a solitaire diamond which cost $3.50,
was missing. 1t had no doubt been
stolen by one of the men who
we're following him, but Forster
did not remember that any one
touched his hand after he left the place
where he dined. Before he was locked
up he accepted the situation cheer
fully, and agreed with his captor that
had he not been arrested he might
have been stripped of all his posses
sions and possibly foully dealt with;
He said that in the morning he had
$500 in cash and could not tell how he
had got rid of Sl20.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
Failure OF a Cicar-Manuraeturer.

Yesterday afternoon deed OF as
signment by William II. Perkins, Jr.,
& Co. (William H. Perkins, Jr, and
John II. Lyons to John ii. Dinneen,
trustee, was put on record in the Chan
Gerry Court clerks Office. The firm has
been engaged in business here for seve'
raj years, first OF Cary street and lately
at No. 8 Governor street. The deed
transfers the stock of cigars. cheroots,
materials, and fixtures, and the trustee
is directed to take immediate possession
and sell the property. The first credi-
tor named is the Planters National
Eank, or the holders of notes amount
ing to 81, 47616, subject to a credit o.
800. The second-class creditors are
w. L. Stone, 81, 500; r. G. Workman 4
Co.. S276.94; A. Hoen & Co., Sl2).
The other creditors are to be paid rata
bly,, If there are any funds left after the
above are settled with. liabilities,
Sll eco.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
I,r,e lee Monument.

The Lee-Monument Commissioners
are waiting on the City Council
Tie commissioners have selected the
Allen lot, at the western end of Frank
lin street, as the site of the monument,
and have asked the City Council to give
them $4,000 for the preparatory work
on the monument--said appropriation
to be conditional upon the Legislature
extending the corporate limits so as to
include the site aforesaid.
The Council have taken no decided
action, and until they do the commis-
sioners can make no further move.
Ii is the duty Of the City Council to
act. II it is to be afight between East.
and West End interests let it come Oh
and bc over.
The selection of designsfor the horse
and rider and monument depend upon
the ground where the monument Is to
20. As soon as the site is axed upon
the model viii be adopted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
THE DEATH OF MRS. 10TH.
A Supposed Case OF Morphine Poi
souing.

Police-Justice Richardson yesterday
requested Coroner Taylor to make an
investigation az to the death of Mrs.
Ieonora Carter 10th, which occurred
al her residence, No. 304 west Main
street, at 1910 A. NJ. February oath.
Mrs. 10th was the wife of Mr.. W. }.
10th, of the firm of 10th & Warren,
proprietors of the Southern Stove
Works, 1422 Cary street, and was thirty
three years of age. Her maiden name
was Carter. She had been in very good
health, but about o'clock p. NJ. of the
23d was seized with sudden illness,
somewhat .hysterical in its character,
and attended with severe pains in the
stomach.
DR.. Charles X. Gardner, one of her
near neighbors, was sent for. He ia
College graduate, and has been a prac-
tidng physician here, but is not now.
n. was a friend Of the family, and had
described for members OF it in cases
which they did not think required the
presence of the family physician, DIR.
T.evillian. On this occasion he thought
that the proper medicine required was
morphine.
Mrs. 10th objected TO taking NOR
pline, but he regarded it as his duty
TO administer it, and called it by an
other name to secure her acquiescence.
She was in much pain, and had said
that if something wasn't done for her
she would die
DR.. Gardner stated to Coroner Tay-
lor yesterday that he injected one
fourth of a grain into one arm, and
after waiting three quarters of an hour
or more, and seeing that the sufferer got
no relief and believing that the NOR
phine was without effect, he gave an
other hypodermic injection of less than
one fourth of grain.
He thought that she was doing very
well when he left the house, but some
time afterwards Mr.. 10th came and
told him that Mrs. 10th was breathing
very strangely. He went to the house,
saw that she was alarmingly Ill, and ad-
vised that Or. Trevillian be called in.
DR.. Treyillian having arrived, pro
notlnced it a case of morphine poison
ing. Antidotes were at once used, but
in vain. The death occurred at 1910.
The doses that Dr. Gardner says he
administered are not regarded as exces-
eive. 1t is, however, quite possible
that be gave her far larger doses than
he supposes.
Coroner Taylor will make a post
mort,Bl examination this morning and
hold AN inquest later in the day.
Chemicals used 10y the undertaken in
enbalming the body leave no hope
that he will find any traces of the NOR
phine if, indeed, under the circum-
Stances, that ever would have been pos
sible. All that he hopes to do is to as
certain if Mrs. 10th died from other
causes than poisoning; it may be, for
instance, that he will discover that she
died of brain-disease. Deceased's symp-
toms, however, indicat ID morphine poi
eCulnC
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
YOUNG SAFE-0PENER
CORNELIUS JOHNSON CAUGHT TN rHB
ACT YESTERDAY MORNING..
He Had Been Stealing Small Amounts Tor
Month fold 10 Go In Peace
and Sin No More.

Cornelius johnson, colored youth
about eighteen years old, was caughtin
the act of burglariously opening the
iron safe in the Office Of Joseph Hall x
Co., Ninth street and Basin bank, yes
terday morning.
For about month Mr.. John Cham
bin, member Of the firm, who attends
to the finances and keeps the books OF
the house, had found slight discrep-
ancies in his cash accounts. At night
he would put certain amount OF mo-
ney in his safe, and the next morning
he would find a shortage of from ten
cents to half-dollar. For these ire
gularities he could not account. The
matter worried him very much, and he
finally decided to investigate. He knew
that the trouble lay between Cornelius
and another man employed in the es-
tablishment who had access TO the office.
Wednesday it was decided that
trap should be set, and right well did
it work. Adjoining the office is a
small room in which the watchman Sc
creted himself, in accordance with Mr..
Chamblin's instructions, to watch Cor
nelius when ne entered the office In
the morning. As the safe could not
be seen through the keyhole another
hole was made with a gimlet, through
which any one going to the safe could
be seen.
Thursday morning the watchman was
in his little room, but nothing went
wrong. Yesterday morning. however,
while he was at his post, Cornelius en-
tered the Office and went directly to the
safe. He had learned how to open
the outer door, and taking key from
his pocket unlocked the cash-drawer
and took out three pieces of silver-a
quarter and two dimes. He did his
work very quickly, as though he were
used to it, and before the watchman
opened the door to stop him he was ont
in the street to take Mr.. Chamblin's
horse, he having just arrived.
When the story was told Cornelius
denied opening the safe or havinga a key
to the cash-drawer therein. He finally
confessed, however, pulleu out tne KEY,
which he acknowledged having filed
for the purpose, and said he had stolen
money before.
lir Chamblin discharged the boy.
and told him to leave the city and lead
a better life.
Mr.. Chamblin, when asked about the
matter by a Dispatch reporter, said Tn 1t
he preferred that it should not b. na h.
public, as he did not intend to prose
cute johnson, and hoped he would =
elsewhere and turn from the error y.
his way.
johnson had been in the employment
Of this firm from early boyhood, ana
had been trusted in every way. All o.
the gentlemen connected with tine
foundry thought great deal OF him, as
did the members OF Mr.. ChAmblin's fam
ily, at whose house he performed many
duties. He attended TO Mr.. Chamblin' S
horse, and quite frequently accOmpa-
MED ladies in that Gentleman family
when they went driving. They were
very much distressed to discover him
such a rascal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
A DOWNTOWN MERCHANT

"A having passed several sleepless nights,
disturbed by the agonies aud crics OF a suffer
ing child, aud becoming convinced that MRS.
WINsLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP was iust tho
article needed. procured supply for the child.
ON reaching home and Hcquainting his vito
wi b wha, he had done she refused " have it
Administered 10 the child. a. she was strongly
u favor Of Homeopathy. That night the child
pas sed I'm suffering aud the parents without
sleep. Returning home the day following tho
father found the baby SIN worse, and while
oontenI lsting another sleepless night the mo-
tier stepped from the room to attend ~ soms
domes,lc duties aud left the father with The
child. During her absence he administered
portion Of the Soothing Syrup 10 the baby and
said nothing. That night all hands slept we'll,
and the little fellow awoke In the morning
bright and happy. The mother was delighted
with the sudden aud wonderful change, ani,
although at first offended ~ tho deception praf-
teed upon her. has continued Ia use the syrup,
and suffering, crying babies and restless nights
have disappeared. A single trial of the syrup
never yet failed 10 relieve tho baby and over
come the prejudice Of tie mother. Sold BY AL
druggists rs cents a hottio. fe ~ col
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26

Pine and Laurel, aid he saw Mr.. Ma
lone swing o baseball bat around and
Mr.. Cars boy fall TO the ground.
The accused said that when he re-
auestcd the crowd OF boys to leave the
lot all OF them did so except six or
eight, who positively refused 10 do 30:
He took up bat, swung it around, and
accidentally struck Mr.. Carr's son,
which he regretted very much. he
said that he had been directed by
Messrs. j. Thompson Brown & Co, III
whose hands is this property, TO keep
the boys off of it.
The case was continued until Tues
day and the prisoner bailed in the sum
OF $500.
A CoLoRED MAGISTRATE ASSAULTED.
Two colored boys named John Wren
and Thomas Mitchell we're before the
Police Court yesterday, charged with
creating disturbance and assaulhng
and beating Lewis Stewart, justice OF
the peace, on the street while in the
discharge of his duty. Major Callahan
(colored) was charged with refusing TO
assist Stewart while in the discharge Of
his duty as a magistrate.
Stewart testified that he was going
up Leigh street Thursday night be
tween the hours of and 10 O'Clock,
when he heard two boys, who were
standing in front of Lewis's drug
store, cursing and swearing. He went
up to them and advised them to go
home, as they would get into serious
trouble The boys not only refused to
take his advice, but cursed him, and
Wren struck him with a stick. He at
tempted to arrest them, but found that
he was unable to do so. Seeing Gala
ban standing near he called to him in
the name Of the Commonwealth to as
sist him in arresting the boys, at the
same time informing Callahan that h.
was a Justice of the peace. Callahan
refused to do so. The boys ran up st.
james street, but were pursued and
captured.
Callahan denied that Stewart in
formed him that he was justice of the
peace, and said that he declined to in
terfere because he did not care to be
drawn into the row.
All three of the accused were sent on
to the grand jury.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-26
Denth OF mr. Il. W. nrockenbrough.

Mr. Thomas w. BrOckenbrough, n
member of a family illustrious in the
history of this State, died at his resi-
dmce, No. 3l4 east Clay street, yester-
day; aged seyenty-One. Most OF his
life had been spent in Richmond, and
he had been prominently identified
with her business interests. At one
tine lie was auditor of the Danyille
Railroad Company, at another he was
assistant postmaster of the city, and
lately he was book Keeper for McAdams
q Berry.
He was the father of Mr.. Cabell
peterborough, clerk for Messrs.
Safer, Myers Il Co.; Mr.. Benjamin
Brockenbrough, freight agent at the
Richmond and Allegheny dep5t, and
Mr.. George Brockenbrough, of North
Orolina.
Mr.. Brockenbroughs death came
fiom pneumonia, and he was sick only
a)out ten days. He was man of good
hart and head. He was a kind friend,
al honest and upright citizen, and a
tender and loving husband and father.
Els funeral will take place from the
First Baptist church this afternoon ut
2O'clOck